South Africa

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has conveyed his deepest condolences to the family and friends of renowned photographer Alfred Kumalo, who passed away at the weekend.

Siyabuswa - Matrics at one Mpumalanga school in Siyabuswa, near KwaMhlanga, appear confident they will achieve good marks for their first English exam, which they wrote this morning.

Cape Town - Tax revenue grew by R68.5 billion in the last financial year - to total R742.6 billion - R3.9 billion more than forecast by the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan when he presented his 2012 Budget in February, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) said on Monday.

Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has announced the winning bidders of Transnet's tenders for the procurement of 1 064 locomotives for its general freight business (GFB) on Monday.

Pretoria - The public has until 20 November to make written submissions to the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) in respect of Eskom's total 16% tariff increase for the next five years.

Pretoria - The dream of a Flora Park Comprehensive School matriculant to write his final National Senior Certificate exams was realised today.

Pretoria - Cabinet has extended its well wishes to the class of 2012 as the first batch of the country's "born frees" commenced the final 2012 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations this morning.

Pretoria - A dedicated call centre has been made available by the Department of Home Affairs to assist the Class of 2012 with their ID queries.

Pretoria - What better way to officially introduce the new acting Chief Executive Officer at Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), Phumla Williams, than over a scrumptious continental breakfast at the recent Public Sector Manager (PSM) magazine Forum.

Pretoria - Grade 12 learners have breathed a sigh of relief after writing their first matric exam - English Paper 1, on Monday.

Johannesburg - A ground-breaking discovery by South African scientists, which provides an important new approach that could prove useful in making an Aids vaccine, has been announced.

Pretoria - The Memorial Service of the late Bafana Bafana assistant coach, Thomas Madigage will be held on Friday at the Saulsville Arena in Malebye Street, Atteridgeville at 10am.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has urged stakeholders in agriculture to find ways of providing tenure security for communal farmers, which will improve their ability to actively participate in the economy.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has reiterated his support for the campaign that encourages South Africans to productively use the land to improve food security for millions of citizens.

Pretoria - The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has approved loan facilities of R9.6 billion for renewable energy projects.